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   With homeowners losing property-insurance policies or facing major rate increases, Democrats said Republicans continue to prioritize “culture war distractions.”

Amid heavy turnover, New College of Florida officials are in the process of filling 36 faculty positions ahead of the fall semester. New College has secured signed offer letters for 15 incoming visiting faculty members as it looks to address what Provost Brad Thiessen called a “ridiculously high” level of turnover compared to previous years.

   Judge John Cooper ruled against candidate Jerry Torres after holding a hearing Thursday and Friday. Cooper issued a verbal decision that Torres “should be decertified as a candidate,” said Mark Herron, an attorney for the plaintiffs who challenged Torres’ candidacy.

Omega Psi Phi, fraternity Brother Bernard Fisher interviewed Brother Rudolph Valentino Boone, Sr. as Brother Boone, Sr. tells his story… Today is Brother, Rudolph Valentino Boone,…

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Bruce Brown, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, assigned to the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, guides an arresting gear wire after an aircraft recovery on the flight deck, July 8, 2023.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Mason Brown, a native of Boca Raton, Florida, reenlisted after completing aerographer’s mate C-school course at Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler on Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Samir Georges, a native of Miami, Florida, is serving aboard USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy warship, currently deployed in the Atlantic Ocean participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test its ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea.

     Ol’ Pete has some advice for New Pete. Take the job, prove yourself and re-negotiate the Super Majority in a couple years.

     Faith leader Reverend RB Holmes of Tallahassee leads the growing number of coalitions organizing to fight the assault on African American culture in Florida. ” It is critically important that all Floridians continue to raise our collective voices on the sacredness and significance of teaching African American History to all people. Florida law mandates teaching Black history in our public schools. We are calling on the Florida legislature to ensure the teaching of Black history. American history is Black history,” Holmes said.

     Saying the case “arises from Florida’s latest assault on the right to vote,” a federal judge appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama blocked parts of a new elections law on Monday that was challenged by voter-registration groups.